National Science Week
National Science Week (NSW), an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST,) is a countrywide celebration of science involving various stakeholders and/or role players conducting science-based activities during the week.
National Science Week is run in all nine provinces simultaneously at multiple sites per province. SAASTA has been appointed by the DST as the implementing agency and play the role of the National Project Manager for the National Science Week.
Each year a different theme is chosen and activities are offered around the theme to the target audiences. The theme of the NSW 2015 was “The international year of light and light based technologies”.
Last year, the National Science Week took place from 1 to 8 August 2015. The launch was on Saturday, 1 August 2015, at the University of North West in Mafikeng.
This year, 2016, the National Science Week will take place from 30 July to 6 August. The call for proposals for 2016 is scheduled to be sent out within the first week of February. Interested parties should check the website on a regularly basis starting from 5 February. The theme for 2016 will be announced in the call for proposals.
